The useful promise is specific: a native iPhone surface for coding-agent work that is already running through Herdr on your own Mac or Linux host. Drover for Mac and droverd for Linux are available now; the iPhone app is coming to the App Store.

Drover can

  • Pair an iPhone with a per-user droverd daemon on your host, on the LAN or remotely.
  • Show the Herdr Host → Session → Workspace → Tab → Pane hierarchy.
  • Attach to an exact live pane and render its terminal on iPhone.
  • Show Claude Code and Codex permission requests as Inbox cards — Deny, Allow once, or Open. Nothing auto-approves, and Open just opens the pane.
  • Carry supported input over an authenticated live connection.
  • Use a direct off-network path, with an end-to-end encrypted relay fallback where the network requires it — free on your first host, not a Pro feature.

Drover deliberately cannot

  • Bundle, install, or replace Herdr.
  • Upload your repository or proxy engine credentials.
  • Infer state or permission from terminal text.
  • Queue commands while offline or replay an uncertain action.
  • Offer approval cards for engines other than Claude Code and Codex — OpenCode, Gemini CLI, and shells run as live terminal panes only.
  • Send an "always allow," a remembered approval, or a decision from a notification or the lock screen — nothing auto-approves.

How to read the roadmap

Drover is free on one paired host: pairing, Workspaces, Terminal, Inbox, approvals, attachments, usage, and both LAN and relay are all free there. Drover Pro adds every host beyond the first, push notifications, and the Live Activity. Repo — reading an agent's diff and commit history from your phone — is on the roadmap, not at launch, and roadmap features will be part of Drover Pro when they ship. The installation guide covers current platform availability, while support answers common compatibility and pairing questions.